Reply #369: Tasers have killed [View All]

[Zodiak]

And for those with bad hearts, a taser can kill if it strikes you anywhere on the body and delivers its jolt. It is a deadly weapon.

A LOT of Americans, young and old, have bad hearts. In fact, a third of us will die from it.

A lot of people forget their IDs and foreign national students aren't necessarily familiar with the American system of compliance. This is senstitivity training that campus cops SHOULD get.

The use of a taser in this case was excessive and crossed over into cruelty with the second shot. They put this guy's life at risk just to get him out of the library and would probably be laughing about it in the office if the other students didn't record it.

I've seen cops taser a guy over a dozen times after he was handcuffed. The guy didn't struggle anymore than to try to get away from the unbearable pain they were putting him through. The cops were laughing at him as they did it, and the hotel made all of the employees who witnessed it sign a form precluding them from telling ANYONE what they had seen.

The last paragraph is anecdotal, of course, but it has solidified my opinion about these weapons. They are not toys, and they are not legal torture devices. They are potentially deadly weapons and should not be used cavalierly as I have seen in many, many news reports and my own personal experience.

If the police cannot use these weapons properly, then they should have the taser taken away from them. Too bad, because tasers COULD be useful.